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仕損ずる (しそんずる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仕し損そんずる

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Meanings

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zuru verb, transitive verb

blunder; fail; make a mistake

A somewhat formal or literary verb meaning to mess up or fail in doing something. Often implies a blunder due to one's own error. The more common modern equivalent is 仕損じる (しそんじる).

See also: 仕損じる

大だい事じな商しょう談だんを仕し損そんじて、上じょう司しに叱しかられた。
I blundered an important business negotiation and was scolded by my boss.

彼かれは簡かん単たんな作さ業ぎょうを仕し損そんずることはめったにない。

He rarely fails at simple tasks.

Written forms

仕し損そんずる
Standard kanji spelling using 仕 (do) and 損 (damage/fail).
為し損そんずる
Alternate kanji using 為 (do); less common.
し損そんずる
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; used when the kanji is avoided.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
損damage, loss, disadvantage
為do, change, make

Similar words

仕し損そんじる
More common modern form with the same meaning. 仕損ずる is the older zuru-verb variant, now mostly literary or formal.
失しっ敗ぱいする
General word for 'fail' or 'make a mistake'; more colloquial and widely used than 仕損ずる.

Etymology

Compound of 仕 (do) + 損ずる (fail, damage). The verb 損ずる is the older zuru-form of 損じる, which itself derives from 損 (loss) + する (do). The exact historical development is uncertain, but the form is now largely replaced by 仕損じる in modern speech.